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PATENT GEORGE A. HIGGINS, OF NEIV YORK, N. Y.

IMP ROVEMENT IN CAM P-STOVES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 33,705, dated November12, 1861.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, GEORGE A. HIGGINS, of the city, county, and State ofNew York, have invented a new and Improved Portable Stove, designed moreespecially for military or camp purposes; and I do hereby declare thatthe following is a full, clear, and exact description of the same,reference being bad to the annexed drawings, making a part of thisspecification, in which Figure l is a longitudinal vertical section ofmy invention, taken in the line 50 at, Fig. 2; Fig. 2, a transversevertical section of the same, taken in the line 1 y, Fig. 1; Fig. 3, a

. detached plan or top view of a supplemental oven pertaining to thesame; Fig. 4, a vertical section of the supplemental oven, taken in theline 5 .2, Fig. 2; Fig. 5, a transverse vertical section of the stovewhen arranged in a compact folded state for use.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the severalfigures.

The object of this invention is to obtain a stove of simpleconstruction, which, with its necessary fixtures or cooking utensils,may, when not required for use, be packed within a small compass, andthe several parts when in use be capable of being so arranged that alarge amount of cooking may be done, the parts being contrived in themost economical way to effect that result.

To enable those skilled in the art to fully understand and construct myinvention, I will proceed to describe it.

A represents the body or main portion of the stove, which may be ofrectangular form and provided at its lower part with a door B, throughwhich the stove is supplied with fuel. The upper end of the body of thestove is open to receive vessels 0 D, which may be of sheet metal, thevessel D being smaller than 0, in order that the former may fit withinthe latter when necessary, and when in use its contents heated andcooked through the medium of water in vessel 0. This arrangementprevents the contents of D being burned.

The body A of the stove is provided with a horizontal adjustable flue E,which, when the stove is in use, is adjusted to its upper part at oneend by means of hooks or hook projections a, attached to the stove andto the fiue,'as shown clearly in the figure. The upper surface of saidflue has a rectangular opening in it to receive a vessel G, which may beused as a boiler. Beneath the flueE there is a drawer H, which isallowed to slide freely in and out. This drawer is designed to be usedas a broiling-oven, the latter being heated by the radiation of heatfrom the bottom of the flue.

At the outer end of the flue E there is attached by hooks b a verticalfine I, which is sustained by a hinge or adjustable support J, as shownclearly in Fig. 1. The arrangement of the several parts described, whenin use, is shown clearly in Fig. 1, and when not in use they are packedor stowed away, as shown in Fig. 5, the vessels 0 D-G being fitted inthe top of the stove A, one within the other, the upright flue I anddrawer or broiling-oven H being fitted within the horizontal flue E andall of the latter fitted in the lower part of the stove A. Thus it willbe seen that the parts when not in use may be compactly stowed away.

K is a supplemental oven which, is formed of two longitudinal parts L M.These parts L M are each formed of a plate 0, provided at its sides withflaps (Z (Z, which form the sides of the oven, the plates 0 c formingthe top and bottom. The flaps d d of the lower part M of the oven areeach provided with a cleat e, and these cleats serve as supports for apan N, in which the article or substance to be cooked is placed. The panNis about at the center of the oven K, and the top and bottom plates 0 cof the oven are inclined, so as to reflect the heat down upon the top ofthe pan N and its contents, and also upward underneath it, as indicatedby the dotted lines in Fig. 2. The oven is heated by the radiation ofheat from the side of the stove A, the oven being attached to the stoveby'means of hooks f, which fit in eyes g at the front of the oven. Thelower part M of the oven is supported by a hinged upright Q, as shown inFig. 2.

When the oven K is not in use, the two parts L M are detached, the flaps(Z cl folded beneath the plates cc, the pan N fitting in the stove A, asshown in Fig. 5, while the two folded parts of the oven may be placed inclose contact and arranged by the side of the stove within its box orcovering.

3. The employment or use, in combination I with the stove A, of one ormore supplemental ovens K, when constructed, substantially as shown, toadmit of being" readily detached and folded up when not required for useand readily applied to the stove when required for use, substantially asset forth.

GEORGE A. HIGGINS.

Witnesses:

M. M. LIVINGSTON, J. F. BUCKLEY.

